San Dimas High School - El Santo Yearbook (San Dimas, CA)

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7 6 t (2o pte 4 ocutct tfo t s4 M€ tct Oh. my god! You will not believe what I heard! I was talking to this girl from Charter Oak and sh e asked me what school I went to, and when I told her she said, ' Oh, we call that school Rumors !! ' Can you believe?! Are you serious? Oh. all the nerve! I ' m sure. Let ' s get a life. We do not gossip! Just because we know what everybody does, wherever they went, and whenever it was. It ' s not rumors. Wait! Listen to what this girl did at lunch yesterday ! Why do people even gossip? You know what I mean? Well, I heard that Kristina Nicotera said that they do because you can ' t always make good conversation off the weather. Well, I heard that she said that he said that Jett Vercruse said people gossip because, ' Everyone wants to know what everyone else is doing! ' What are we supposed to do? I mean, we don ' t gossip. Maybe it ' s just the extended truth, ya know? Now, about this girl Wait! here she comes! Tell me at break. You ' re going to die when you hear this! No. just tell me now because by break everyone will know, and I want to be the first one. Dude, just wait, I won ' t tell anyone until you know, I promise! Oh, trip on this! Brittany Lucich had the perfect gossip scheme. Here ' s what she said, more or less, ' You tell certain people your secret when you want it to get out; however, the key is to pretend that you don ' t want them to tell, then everyone will know for sure! ' Isn ' t that the most-to say the least? The very least! Wait, check this out! Did you hear about what the yearbook class was saying? Someone told me that the senior pictures weren ' t going to be in color — something about not enough money. Well, that must have been a total rumor because look at the front of the book. It ' s color! Are you for real? Well my philosophy is you know when someone has some mighty juicy tidbits when their eyes bulge, mouths droop, and they squeal with excitement, ' I ' ve got to talk to you and you ' re going to pee your pants! ' No doubt! But. oh my gosh, the best is when you watch the ' well-known ' gossipers try to use new ways to sneak their gossip around school. Ya know like sign language, notes, and mouthing across the classroom. Oh, I ' m serious! It ' s funny watching them get all excited with their hands flying all over, and then their bodies begin to move in reaction to what they ' re saying. There ya go! I ' m glad that we ' re not like that . . . Are we? Not even close! By the way, what did that girl do at lunch? Oh, that! I don ' t remember, it wasn ' t anything exciting anyway! With a look of disbelief, sophomore Mae Enriquez listens as freshman Jennifer Park shares a juicy bit of gossip 66 SttUe U ije

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Say W I love so-and-so, doodles and scribbles, homework due dates, and friendly notes were all visible on students ' bookcovers and notebooks. While favorite groups and stations were still standard upon the brown bag cover, the in-vogue thing to adorn it in was the motto I love myself. Each class had its own statements to make, and bookcovers were there to make them on. Seniors had Class of ' 88 is great and other spirited phrases to show that they were seniors . . . don ' t mess. Juniors sported a very self confident attitude. Things such as I love myself, ' 89 is fine, and other highly opinionated statements were seen on these covers. Sophomores and freshmen had the basic brown bag covers with a lot of everything imaginable on their surfaces. Bookcovers, for some students, were as personalized as one ' s wardrobe. Sophomore Mary Rose Enriquez showed pride in her heritage by displaying a Flip poem. Junior Donna Dunphy sported the I love everyone and myself theme on hers. Some made their statement simply in the choice of a cover, be it a football poster, newspaper, a store bought cover, or the ever so popular brown bag. Bookcovers were not the only things written on. Folders, especially Pee- Chee ' s, had to be transformed before they were seen at school. Sophomore Kathy Mondragon, spotted in Geometry decorating her Pee- Chee, said, I don ' t know why. It ' s something to do, I guess. Other people wrote certain phrases on their Pee- Chee ' s, merely for the sake of being obnoxious. Students scribbled whenever they had the chance. The thing that really prompted students to sketch was a boring lecture. If anyone bothered to take a gander at a class during one, he would see at least one student changing the appearance of a cover or notebook. On the sidelines at after school sports, at the tables, or just a little note for someone who shared your locker, it seemed as though a doodle here and there brightened the day. Junior Shelley Cobos said, I could tell when a friend borrowed one of my books because she would leave a date and a short but silly message on its cover. Of course, some students could not handle getting and keeping a cover. The most common answer to a teacher ' s: Where ' s your cover? We need to use these books for the next seven years. If you don ' t have a cover by tomorrow the book will be confiscated, went something like this: Well, my little brother tore it off on the way to school this morning. I did have one. Really, I did. However, some teachers weren ' t that generous. If they spotted a nude book in their class, they took it right then and there. Most students were smart enough to bring covers the next day: but still, there were some who simply couldn ' t remember. As a result, they got behind in class assignments. In Ms. Brem ' s fourth period English class, a student audibly said, Well, gee, I don ' t have my assignment again today because SHE won ' t let me have my book. Ms. Brem handled the situation by coolly replying, Your book is collecting dust in my cupboard. Any time you ' d like to bring a cover for it would be fine. Thank you. Whether it was a doodle, sketch, or phrase, bookcovers, notebooks, and Pee-Chee ' s were there waiting to be modified into something new and exciting. They were like inexpensive billboards, advertising every student ' s likes and dislikes. They were as personalized as the people lugging them to and fro school and class. Even though it was a pain keeping your books covered, remember: the next seven years ' worth of underclassmen would appreciate having beautiful, well kept covers. (Even though the true cover was rarely seen.) 3 H% (? HA 1 1 65

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In their only moment to rap all together, seniors Ellis Gordon, Kenny Johnson, Scott Bowman, and Roger Pattico listen as George Perez tells them his story at break. Examining her nails, junior Lori Brad- bard soaks up the news that junior Shannon Rey shares with her daily. While junior Yvette Ash checks her schedule, junior Jennifer McDaniel gossips about her summertime activities. tyfrAAtfl 67